Tom: C C G F C G [Verse] C There was a boy from the mid atlantic fast as hell G Had a four second forty that he never had to work for F Lacrosse in the spring track in the winter C G But football was the sport that had all the scouts watching C Got a full ride to Alabama senior year G Then he took a big hit and watched it disapear F Oxyconton was prescribed till the pain subsides C G But he took them long after for the pain inside C His dad worked a lot so he was never at home G And mom drank a lot cuz she was always alone F So neither one noticed their sons aura of gloom C G Brought on by crushing up pills and blowing lines in his room [Chorus] F C G In suburbia oh oh Living the american dream F C G Down in suburbia oh oh It aint exactly what it seems [Verse] C Kept it on the low for a couple of months G Still chilled with the boys joking and smoking blunts F But the monkey was on his back C G Never was far from his oxy sack C He started acting out and he developed a twitch G He started treating all his friends like a son of a bitch F See the problem was his high was getting kind of dull C G And he had the biggest milligram that was available C It wasnt enough at the end of his road G His dealer gave him a stamp bag of dope F And said dont be scared son everybody knows C G it aint that bad for you long as its going up your nose [Chorus] F C G In suburbia oh oh Living the american dream F C G Down in suburbia oh oh It aint exactly what it seems [Verse] C On his 18th birthday he was out on the streets G West baltimore where lombard and payson meet F A hunger in his eyes looking to score a balloon C G With some cash made pawning family heirlooms C He started shooting up only a couple months back G Got his last hat trick from inside of rehab F A skeleton filled with a permanent lean C G He dropped twenty five pounds and still swore he was clean C The story aint unique its a global epidemic G Opiods rebranded medicine by chemists F The system is broke and it aint getting fixin C G Cause big pharmaceuticals monetize addiction [Chorus] F C G In suburbia oh oh Living the american dream F C G Down in suburbia oh oh It aint exactly what it seems